The first time I tried to use the ishtaboli sticks was at the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma’s Labor Day Festival, the biggest official gathering of the Chahta, as they call themselves.

DURANT, Okla. (KTEN) — Members of the Choctaw Nation will head to the polls next month for general and special tribal elections. Voters will decide races for Tribal Council Districts 4, 5, 7, and 12.

On Tuesday, June 17, a resident of Greenville, Texas was arrested for animal cruelty after allegedly letting a puppy starve to death.

After deliberating for less than two hours, jurors sentenced Michele Williams to 60 years in prison for murder and 10 years for tampering with evidence.